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Ahmedabad airport recarpets 3.5 km runway in 75 days, claims record

It is the busiest airport in Gujarat operating more than 200 flights daily before the coronavirus pandemic

Ahmedabad airport
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Ahmedabad airport. Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

Vinay Umarji Ahmedabad
The Adani Group-managed Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA) at Ahmedabad on Thursday announced completing recarpeting--a work to resurface roads with fresh asphalt--the 3.5-kilometre-long runway in 75 days.

The group said that an asphalt equivalent to 200 km stretch of road was used for re-carpeting along with concrete sufficient to build a 40-storied structure. It said the work was an all-time best for a brownfield runway in India.

The busiest airport in Gujarat with over 200 flights every day before the coronavirus pandemic, SVPIA kept the runway open daily for 160 flights on an average during the remaining 15 hours of

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